Table 3.

Relationship between expression of miR-488 and clinicopathological features of colon cancer (n (%)).

Clinical pathological characteristics	n	miR-488		χ 2	P value
		High expression (n = 118)	Low expression (n = 82)
Gender
Male	106	56	50	3.549	0.060
Female	94	62	32
Age
<54	102	56	46	1.445	0.229
≥54	98	62	36
Tumor location
Left colon	101	63	38	0.961	0.327
Right colon	99	55	44
Tumor diameter
<5 cm	107	69	38	2.863	0.091
≥5 cm	93	49	44
Degree of differentiation
Highly-middle differentiation	112	63	49	0.796	0.372
Low differentiation	88	55	33
Infiltration depth
T1-T2	114	78	36	9.727	0.002
T3-T4	86	40	46
TNM stage
I-II	105	69	36	4.120	0.042
III	95	49	46
Lymph node metastasis
No	113	79	34	12.786	<0.001
Yes	87	39	48